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THE CONVERSATION by Jacques Delille - Antique Leather Book, OEUVRES DE JACQUES DELILLE (1812), Incl. LA CONVERSATION and A L'OMBRE DE JACQUES DELILLE - Antique Leather Book Entitled THE CONVERSATION by Jacques Delille - OEUVRES DE JACQUES DELILLE - Containing: 1) LA CONVERSATION, POËME Par J. Delille [THE CONVERSATION Poem. By J. Delille] Published: A Paris, Chez Michaud Frères, 1812; and 2) A L'OMBRE DE JACQUES DELILLE, dithyrambe, par M. de Coriolis, suivi de recherches sur la poésie dithyram bique, et de la Messe de Minuit, avec les deux notices de MM. Féletz et Michaud, et quelques pièces inédites de Jacques Delille [IN THE SHADOW OF JACQUES DELILLE, dithyramb, by M. de Coriolis, followed by research on dithyramb poetry, and the Messe de Minuit, with the two entries by MM. Féletz and Michaud, and some unpublished pieces by Jacques Delille] Published: A Paris: Chez Michaud Frères, 1813. Exterior: Bound in full sheepskin leather, gold gilt lettering and decorations to spine. Spine intact with some cracking. (see photographs). Interior: Printed on laid paper; bright, clean and unmarked, with mild toning to initial pages, and other mild edge toning (see photographs). Engraved illustrations.